Tent with ventilating means



Aug. 17, 1965 J. F. HART, JR

TENT WITH VENTILATING MEANS R m m m n freamm llarf J 1 Filed Sept. 11.1961 Wag, 9

A TTORNEYS United States Patent 3,2tl,731 TENT WITH VENTELATING MEANSJohn Freeman Hart, .lr., 765 Cherry St, Macon, Ga. Filed dept. 11, 1961,Ser. No. 137,323 7 Claims. (Cl. 98-1) This invention relates generallyto a ventilated funeral tent and further concerns a fan mounting for atent pole.

In the past some undertakers follow the practice of erecting a tent at aburial site for the immediate family at the time of interment. It hasbeen found that funeral tents of this type become extremely hot and thatby mounting fans on the tent poles, the tents may be quickly cooled sothat the tents will not be uncomfortable for the people in them.

An important object of this invention is to provide a fan ventilatedfuneral tent.

Still another object of this invention is to provi e a portable batteryoperated system for ventilating a funeral tent.

Still another important object of this invention is to provide novelmeans for securing a fan to a tent pole.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a new type of fanwhich may be quickly assembled on a tent pole with a minimum of effort.

According to the general features of this invention there is provided acombination including an immediate family funeral tent having tent polesand a series of fans mounted on the tent poles for circulating airwithin the tent.

In accordance with other features of this invention the aforesaid fansare operated by a portable battery.

A still further feature of the combination defined above is that thefans are provided with a mounting including a looped portion engagedabout the periphery of a tent pole which looped portion is directlyfastened to the pole.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a fan mounting forattachment to a tent pole comprising a strap having a looped portion forencompassing a tent pole, said strap having means for fastening thelooped portion in clamped assembly with a tent pole, and fan mountingmeans attached to said looped portion.

Other objects and features of the present invention will more fullybecome apparent in view of the following detailed description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings illustrating severalembodiments and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a top view of a tent only with the roof broken away and withthe tent having poles with fans mounted thereon;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged front elevation of a tent pole having a fanmounting secured thereon;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of the fan mountingshown in FIGURE 2 with a fan mounted thereon;

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view of the fan mounting;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of a fan attached toa tent pole by means of a fan mount- FIGURE 6 is a top view of the fanmounting shown in FIGURE 5 with a fan pivot pin journalled in the fanmounting; and

FIGURE 7 is a top plan view similar to FIGURE 6 only showing a modifiedtype of fan mounting.

The reference numeral 10 in FIGURE 1 indicates generally a tent whichmay be of any suitable type and made from any suitable material. Thetent 10 is supported by tent poles 11 disposed at the four corners ofthe tent. It will be appreciated that the position of the poles withrespect to the tent and the number of poles may be varied in accordancewith the support requirements of the particular type of tent which is tobe used.

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In accordance with certain other features of this invention, a series offans 12 are mounted on the tent poles 11. The fans 12 are preferablyoperated by means of a portable battery 13 and are connected with theportable battery 13 by means of electrical wires 14, 14 shown in FIG-URE 1. One or more batteries 13 may be used depend ing upon the powerrequirements of the particular fan 12 which is employed.

In accordance with still other features of this invention I haveprovided a fan mounting as indicated at 15 which includes a clamp 16.The clamp 16 may be constructed of any suitable material such as a rustresistant metal or a suitable plastic and the like. The illustratedclamp 16 is comprised of a metallic material.

The clamp 16 includes a looped portion 16a which has a configurationgenerally corresponding to the configuration of the tent pole 11. Thelooped portion 16a is adapted to be engaged about the perimeter of thetent pole 11 and secured in assembly with the tent pole by means of asuitable fastener such as a bolt 17 and a nut I8. As shown in FIGURE 4,the bolt is adapted to extend through the looped portion with a headedend of the bolt bearing against one side of the looped portion and withthe nut 18 being secured on a threaded end 171) on the opposite side ofthe looped portion 16a.

Since the diameter of the tent pole 11 may vary, the clamp has abuilt-in feature which enables it to be mounted on tent poles 11 ofvarying sizes. To this end, the clamp 16 has spaced ends 16b, 16b and itwill be appreciated that the spacing between the ends 16b, 16b may bevaried depending upon the size of the pole 11 on which the loopedportion 16a is being engaged.

Fan mounting means 13 is provided for securing the fan 11 to the clamp16. The fan mounting means includes a circular plate 19 and a series ofcircumferentially spaced nut and bolt assemblies 20 with the bolts beingadapted to extend through plate holes 21. As illustrated in FIGURE 3,the fan 11 includes a base 11a which is bolted to the plate 19 by meansof the nut and bolt assemblies 20. It will further be seen that the fan11 has a pivotal connection 22 joining the fan base Ila with a rotatinghead 11b on which the fan propellers are carried. The plate 19 may besecured to the looped portion 16a in any suitable manner such as bymeans of a weld 23 (FIGURE 4).

In FIGURES 5 and 6 a modified type of fan mounting is indicatedgenerally at 25. The fan mounting 25 includes a clamp 26 having a loopedportion 27. A nut and bolt assembly 28 and 29 extend through the loopedportion 27 for securing the clamp 26 to the tent pole II in the samemanner as previously described.

Disposed at one end of the looped portion 27 is a fan mounting meanscomprising a second and smaller looped portion 30 which second loopedportion defines a socket or journal.

Mounted on the fan mounting 25 is a conventional type of fan indicatedgenerally at 31 which fan may be operated by means of a portable battery13 or any suitable means. The fan 31 includes a base 32 having a pivotpin 33 journalled in the journal or socket defined by the second loopedportion 30.

So as to be able to firmly attach the looped portions 27 and 30 to thetent pole 11 and the pivot pin 33, adjustment means here illustrated ascomprising fasteners 3-4 and 35 are provided. The clamp 26 has arcuateleg portions 36 and 37 which are arched towards one another and securedtogether by means of the fastener 34. The tension on the leg portions 36and 37 may be varied by altering the adjustment between the fastener 34and the leg portions 36 and 37. The fastener 35 passes through thespaced oppositely facing free ends 38 and 32 of the strap 45 isprovided.

3 strap 26 for adjusting the looped portion 2.7 with respect to itsassociated tent pole Ill.

As shown in FIGURES 4 and 6, the straps 16 and 26 are one-piece strips.In FIGURE 7 a modified type of In this instance, the strap 45 iscomprised of two separate pieces 46 and 47 as opposed to a single piece.The strap 45 is otherwise identical to the strap 26. The fan mounting orstrap illustrated in FIGURE 7 is adapted to operate in the same manneras the fan mounting or strap described in FIGURE 6.

When a person desires to ventilate a funeral tent he may do so bysecuring the fan mountings to the tent poles. The canvas is then mountedon the tent poles and a portable battery or the like is wired to fanswhich are journalled on the fan mounting. -By flipping a switch, thefans may be caused to operate whereby the tent may be readily cooled.

It will be understood that modifications and variations may be effectedwithout departing from the scope of the novel concepts of the presentinvention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination, an immediate family funeral tent having tent polesand a series of fans mounted on the tent poles for circulating airwithin the tent, each of said fans having a clamp secured in detachableassembly therewith and engaged about the periphery of one of said tentpoles, said clamps each having a bolt extended through it and said tentpole and a fastener secured to a threaded end of the bolt to preventdisassembly of the clamp from the pole.

2. In combination, an immediate family funeral tent having tent polesand a series of fans mounted on the tent poles for circulating airWithin the tent, each of said fans including a sheet metal clamp havinga looped portion Wrapped about the perimeter of the pole, said loopedportion terminating in spaced ends which enable the looped portion to beguided over the peripheral surface of the associated tent pole, meansconnected to said looped portion joining said clamp to said pole, andfan mounting means secured to said clamp for mounting a fan on saidclamp.

33. In combination, a tent having tent poles for supporting the tent, aseries of fans for disposition'in the tent, each of said fans having afan base, clamps for attaching said fan bases to said tent poles, afastener extended through each of said clamps and each of the associatedpoles securing the clamp and pole in assembly together, mounting plateson said clamps having apertures therein, and fasteners joining said fanplate with said apertures in said mounting plates.

4. In combination, a tent having tent poles at corners of the tent and aseries of fans mounted on the tent poles for circulaing air from thecorners toward a center area within the tent, each of said fansincluding a clamp having a looped portion wrapped about the perimeter ofthe pole, means associated with each of said clamps including a boltextended through said looped portion and the associated pole joiningsaid clamp to said pole, and fan mounting means secured to each of saidclamps mounting said fans on said clamps.

5. In combination, a tent having tent poles at corners of the tent and aseries of fans mounted on the tent poles for circulaing air from thecorners toward a center area within the tent, each fan having a base,each of said fans including a clamp having a looped portion wrappedabout the perimeter of the pole, means associated with each of saidclamps including a bolt extended through said looped portion and theassociated pole joining said clamp to said pole, and fan mounting meanssecured to each of said clamps mounting said fans on said clamps, saidfan mounting means comprising an apertured plate having a series offasteners extended through the apertures securing the plate to the baseon said fan.

6. The combination of claim 5 further characterized by said fan beingpivotally mounted on said fan base.

7. In combination, a tent having tent poles for supporting the tent anda series of fans mounted on the tent poles for circulating air withinthe tent, each fan having a base, each of said fans including a clamphaving a looped portion wrapped about the perimeter of the pole, meansassociated with each of said clamps including a bolt extended throughsaid looped portion and the associated pole joining said clamp to saidpole, and fan mounting means secured to each of said clamps mountingsaid fans on said clamps, said fan mounting means comprising anapertured plate having a series of fasteners extended through theapertures securing the plate to the base on said fan.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 334,684 1/86Aylworth 981 694,888 3/02 Pfiuger 248-229 1,148,332 7/15 Onyskow. 1,438,534 12/22 Kuen 248-226.4 2,102,418 12/37 Kirsch 230273 X 2,156,0254/39 Paul 248-230 2,627,217 2/53 Hainke et a1.

FOREIGN PATENTS 413,398 8/10 France. 785,300 10/57 Great Britain.

35,307 3/35 Netherlands.

ROBERT A. OLEARY, Primary Examiner.

OCONNELL, MEYER PERLIN, Examiners,

1. IN COMBINATION, AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY FUNERAL TENT HAVING TENT POLES AND A SERIES OF FANS MOUNTED ON THE TENT POLES FOR CIRCULATING AIR WITHIN THE TENT, EACH OF SAID FANS HAVING A CLAMP SECURED IN DETACHABLE ASSEMBLY THEREWITH AND ENGAGED ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF ONE OF SAID TENT POLES, SAID CLAMPS EACH HAVING A BOLT EXTENDED THROUGH IT AND SAID TENT POLE AND A FASTENER SECURED TO A THREADED END OF THE BOLT TO PREVENT DISASSEMBLY OF THE CLAMP FROM THE POLE. 